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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’

John Ortberg

Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
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True love is willing to warn, reprove, confront or admonish when necessary.
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Love Necessary True Willing
Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.
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The greatest bloodbaths in the history of the human race were recorded in the twentieth century in countries that sought to eliminate God, worship, and faith.
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Going in faith does not necessarily mean going with serenity or without doubts. Faith can be difficult.
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Difficult Doubt Faith Necessary Serene
The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.
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Cure God Sin Vision
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
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Goal Live Separate Time
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
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The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he’s coming down.
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Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
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If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.
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Beginning God Learning Love People Serious World
Disciplined people can do the right thing at the right time in the right way for the right reason.
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Discipline People Reason Right
Art is built on the deepest themes of human meaning: good and evil, beauty and ugliness, life and death, love and hate. No other story has incarnated those themes more than the story of Jesus.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’

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One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’

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